Flames Weather the Storm and Claim Victory

Published on: 19 Oct, 2025
Updated on: 19 Oct, 2025

Sam Talbot had a pair of goals and Flames led for most of the evening on the way to a 6-3 Cup win over the visiting Manchester Storm.

Just 23 seconds after puck drop, Josh Waller had the home team on the board, but a couple of minutes later a Nick Welsh strike levelled at a goal each.

Then, a little over five minutes from period time, Talbot’s first of the season nudged Flames back in front and he added another inside the last two minutes to send Flames to break up a pair.

An early second period Ethan Strang’s powerplay success extended the lead, but Welsh’s second of the contest during a five on three manpower advantage cut Storm deficit back to a pair at 26:46 and it stayed that way through 40 minutes.

Then in the 42nd minute, Mathieu Gosselin re-stored the Flames three-goal spread. Storm cancelled that one out with a Kaleb Ergang reply at 53:12, but a Jack Jacome empty netter with a second to play closed out the scoring.

Flames netminder Taz Burman. John Uwins

Taz Burman got the decision for Flames with 29 saves on 32 shots. Evan Weninger started for Storm and allowed 4 goals on 15 shots before giving way to Drew DeRidder who conceded a single on the 18 shots his way.

“I think we have to really give credit to our guys,” explained Paul Dixon. “We were playing very short staffed but were still able to deliver a performance to give us a convincing win. It is a great outcome and a great way to start a new training week.”

“We are bit banged up right now so it is a good time for our match week to close on Saturday and give us a couple of days to assess and get ready for a new set of games in a week.”